The diagnostic method proposed by Landi Degl'Innocenti and Landolfi (1982), based on the observation of circular polarization, has been generalized to derive the thermodynamic properties of unresolved magnetic elements in the solar atmosphere. The final aim is to derive the height dependence of several parameters of the flux tube atmosphere. A

The K I 7699-A resonance absorption line was used to observe a group of 18 early-type stars within a 200-pc radius of the sun with a signal-to-noise ratio of 50-250. The interstellar absorptions provide a way to 'tag' a cloud via its radial velocity to within +/-1.5 km/s. Based on the hypothesis of pressure confinement, the temperatures of the

Here we report on the first observational investigation of the Zeeman effect in the G band around 4305 Å. Our spectropolarimetric observations of sunspots with the Zürich Imaging Polarimeter at the Istituto Ricerche Solari Locarno confirm our previous theoretical prediction that the molecular Zeeman effect produces measurable circular polarization

Introduction: When lacking polarimetric observations, the Bright Points (BPs) visible in the G-band at 430 nm are commonly used as tracers for magnetic fields. Methods: Observations presented in this paper were taken on October 11, 2005 at the German Vacuum Tower Telescope and involved the Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter (TIP) at 1.5 micron, the

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